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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

OSV News expands to the Vatican, hires Courtney Mares to cover Pope Leo XIV

by OSV News

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (OSV News) — OSV News is expanding to the Vatican, opening a bureau in Rome and hiring Courtney Mares as its first Vatican Editor, the news organization …

Bishop Burbidge outlines Christian approach to mental health amid ‘staggering’ crisis
Ahead of March for Life, pro-life movement faces key political challenges
Pope encourages Neocatechumenal Way to continue mission ‘without closing yourselves off’
Broglio: ‘Morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland
US cardinals call for ‘genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation’

U.S. Church

Rev. King led ‘revolution of conscience’ on racism, discrimination, cardinal says

by Richard Szczepanowski

Ttremendous progress has been made on so many levels” to combat the evil of racism, but it continues because “the problem is in essence a problem of the heart.”

Catholic school’s sensory room a calming space that supports students’ learning, well-being

Charges for pro-life activists over disruption at abortion clinic dismissed in plea deal

New policy allows Archdiocese of Seattle deacons to wear certain clerical garb

Ohio nuns lament downfall of their former nursing home under new owners

Actor David Henrie opens up about his Catholic conversion ahead of new series

Prior provincial-elect of Midwest Augustinians looks to growth and the ‘Leo effect’

World

‘We do not care for life by giving death,’ French bishops say ahead of ‘assisted dying’ bill move

by Caroline de Sury

France’s bishops reaffirmed that “palliative care is the only truly effective response to the difficult situations of the end of life.”

Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly high-speed train collision in Spain
‘Truly historic’: Kuwait’s first church elevated to minor basilica
Kyiv’s iconic St. Nicholas Church returns to Catholic hands for 50 years
At annual Marian celebration in Venezuela, bishops call for release of political prisoners
Mexican Catholics push ahead with peace efforts as violence plagues country

For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative

God speaks to the faithful; take time to listen every day, pope says

USCCB president exhorts faithful to heed MLK call to be ‘a drum major for justice’

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address Jan. 18, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

‘It must be you’: A call to mission with young Latinos

by Vicente Del Real

Kyrie eleison: Lord, anoint the festering wounds we show

by Elizabeth Scalia

Scott Adams and the legitimacy of imperfect confession

by Elizabeth Scalia

Reviews

Fathom Entertainment encores Lord of the Rings trilogy

by John Mulderig
Scripture series by popular Catholic speaker offers deep dive into the person of Jesus
Brooklyn-based book a cry from the heart about roads not taken
‘Joy Within His House’: An inside look into the life of cloistered nuns
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